National Guardsmen deployed to quell Chattanooga unrest
About 2,000 National Guardsmen moved into Chattanooga Tennessee after Mayor Robert Kirk Walker reported a breakdown in local law enforcement. Firebombings sniper fire and rock throwing marked three nights of disturbances sparked by a canceled black rock concert at Memorial Auditorium and a prior racial incident at Brainerd High School. Governor Winfield Dunn ordered two battalions into the area to restore order.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Winfield Dunn
Robert Kirk Walker
Memorial Auditorium
Brainerd High School
City Hall
National Guard
Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Gene Roberts
Roberts
Senate urged to reject $5,000 campaign contribution limit
Deputy Atty. Gen. Kleindienst told the Senate elections panel to oppose a proposed $5,000 cap on individual political donations arguing full disclosure protects voters. He urged broader reforms including extending equal time rules to House and Senate races and preserving presidential campaign broadcast limits with changes. Background notes reference broader campaign finance measures urged by President Nixon.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Kleindienst
Senate Elections Subcommittee
House
Nixon
Weather forecast and section listings for the day
This afternoon showers and thunderstorms likely with a high in the mid to upper 70s. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cooler, with a low in the upper 50s. Tuesday partly sunny with a high 75 to 78. Inside items include Classified 15-17 Comics TV Bridge Crossword 19 Editorials 4 Family Living 6-7 Farm 5 Sports 11-12.
Gandhi warns India on refugees as Pedgorny plans Cairo visit
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares India may take unilateral security steps if 3.5 million East Pakistani refugees are not repatriated soon. She notes 60,000 refugees daily and hints at possible military action while calling on great powers to aid a political solution. Soviet leader Podgorny to visit Cairo this week after Sadat purge of leftists.
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India
East
Pakistan
Nikolai V. Pedgorny
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Tass
Podgorny
Egypt
Sadat
Kremlin
Ali Sabry
Sami Sharaf
Nixon administration disputes poll results on Indochina policy
Key Biscayne Florida AP reports the Nixon administration urged that the public understands Vietnam policy while a Gallup poll shows 67 percent feel they are not being told all they know. Press secretary Ziegler says Nixon has consistently disclosed detailed information on Indochina policy.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Gallup
Ronald L. Ziegler
Indochina
Boy on a Swing Captures Lancaster Spring Evening
A small boy enjoys a after school swing ride in Lancaster Pennsylvania as the sun sets in the west signaling spring's end. The scene evokes a simple joy of childhood and fleeting daylight in a quiet town setting.
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Lancaster
State seeks compulsory schooling Amish case before court
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Wisconsin appeal to compel Amish children to attend public schools up to age 16. Wisconsin argues state duty to protect children clashes with Amish religious liberty, while the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the law cannot be applied to the Amish.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Atty
Robert W. Warren
Dad Wins Top Place in Gals Hearts Across Contest
Miami Beach AP reports 51 Miss USA contestants voted for the greatest man in the world. Most chose their fathers, with notable exceptions including J Edgar Hoover Billy Graham President Nixon and Jesus Christ each receiving two votes.
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Dear Old Dad
J. Edgar Hoover
Billy Graham
President Nixon
Jesus Christ
Wiretap admitted in Berrigan antiwar plot case
The federal government admitted use of wiretaps in the case against Rev. Philip Berrigan and seven other activists accused of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger, blow up heating tunnels, and destroy draft board records. They were to be arraigned in Harrisburg on an indictment from April 30, superseding a January 12 indictment.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Philip Berrigan
U.S
Ramsey Clark
United States
Berrigan
Federal
Danbury
Conn
Draft Board
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Former Sen Thomas Dodd dies at 64 in Connecticut
Former U S senator Thomas Dodd died of a heart attack in Old Lyme Connecticut at 64. Dodd whose 1967 Senate censure over alleged campaign fund misuse followed a long career in law and public life including WWII FBI service and role in civil rights prosecutions leaves a wife and six children.
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Thomas Dodd
Old Lyme
Joseph Barbarette
Dodd
Senate
Democratic Party
Barbarette
Providence College
Yale Law Schools
FBI
Justice Department
Department
Area liquor businesses face action
Five Southern Illinois liquor establishments must appear before the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. From Carbondale are Bleu Flambe Inc and Plaza Motel Lounge Inc with revoked charters for tax failures. Spanish Key Inc also faces refilling and revocation charges. Marion and Murphysboro filings include Marion ABC Liquor Stores suspension continuation and Hunker's Place case proceeding. Cloudy with showers north, warmer south.
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Gary Blackburn
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Carbondale
Marion and
Murphysboro
Bleu Flambe, Inc
E. Main St
Dave Martin
Eliott Bevis
Secretary of State
Plaza Motel Lounge
Plaza
Ralph Parrish
Spanish Key, Inc
Spanish Key
Secretary of State’s
Paul Parrish
Ralph Herron
Hunker’s Place
Walnut St
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